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- Arnold PalmerΓÇÖs many
- fans were called ΓÇ£ArnieΓÇÖs
- Army," and they cheered
- his every shot. Arnie won
- 60 titles during his career,
- fourth on the all-time list, and became the
- first golfer to earn $1 million.
-
- ArnieΓÇÖs father was a club pro at a golf course,
- and by the age of 4, Arnie was playing golf
- with a club cut down to his size. At 25, in
- 1954, he won the U.S. Amateur Champion-
- ship. He joined the Professional Golfers
- Association (PGA) tour in 1955.
-
- Before Arnie came along, golf was con-
- sidered a game played only by snobby,
- rich people. But Arnie was not like that
- at all. His clothes were sloppy, his hair